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Dylan Leblanc
Jun 20, 2014, 10:13 PM
Vic by History Buff - http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/topic/2077-downtown-victoria-era-condos-15-storeys-under-construction/page-40

http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/uploads/monthly_06_2014/post-2070-0-35339200-1403291511.jpg

lio45
Jun 21, 2014, 2:25 AM
Yes, those are at Queen and (believe it or not) Church street. All three of those buildings are beautiful, one of the best looking intersections in Moncton. The one most to the right in the photo has been partially converted to office with the adjacent 4-storey addition connected via a glass atrium.

That street should be called Churches Street :)

Kris22
Jun 21, 2014, 3:56 AM
Earlier today

http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/walkingonadream2222/image_1_zps40cba27c.jpeg (http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/walkingonadream2222/media/image_1_zps40cba27c.jpeg.html)

http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/walkingonadream2222/image_2_zps0f75dce5.jpeg (http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/walkingonadream2222/media/image_2_zps0f75dce5.jpeg.html)

SignalHillHiker
Jun 21, 2014, 8:02 PM
June 21, 2014

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-Z9XJ8KB/0/XL/IMG_3473_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-Z9XJ8KB/A)

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-rkVw4XM/0/XL/IMG_3469_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-rkVw4XM/A)

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-d28NKsQ/0/XL/IMG_3467_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-d28NKsQ/A)

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-5qgVv3j/0/XL/IMG_3464_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-5qgVv3j/A)

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-F9JcvH9/0/XL/IMG_3451_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-F9JcvH9/A)

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-ZS2hWsN/0/XL/IMG_3446_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-ZS2hWsN/A)

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-BqqKdnP/0/XL/IMG_3320_edited-L.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/Icerberg-Season-2014/i-BqqKdnP/A)

MonctonRad
Jun 21, 2014, 11:49 PM
There is a new condo building being built in Moncton this year. FiveFive at 55 Queen Street. They will be breaking ground this August.

http://www.fivefive.ca/wp-content/gallery/gallaryone/fivefive-elevation.jpg

As part of their website, they have a panorama showing what the view would be like from the top floor. This is it:

http://s29.postimg.org/g7eh5nxjb/moncton.jpg

FrAnKs
Jun 22, 2014, 3:10 AM
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/8986049614.jpg

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/4965979815.jpg

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/2581262316.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/107533839.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/da_gagnon/14429743473/sizes/o/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/da_gagnon/7218981626/sizes/o/

Mrs Sauga
Jun 22, 2014, 6:54 PM
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/4965979815.jpg


GREAT shot!

thomax
Jun 24, 2014, 2:15 AM
I took this shot of Niagara Falls today while I was waiting to cross the border...

http://i59.tinypic.com/23r6zp1.jpg
Source: My Photo

Larger Size:

http://i62.tinypic.com/20mwzp.jpg
Source: My Photo

Hali87
Jun 24, 2014, 4:56 PM
I've noticed something from FrAnks' pictures: Quebec's Banque Nationale tower is almost a direct clone of Halifax's Bank of Montreal tower... any idea what year it was built? Halifax's BMO is 18 storeys and was completed in 1971.

For sake of comparison:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG/800px-BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG
Source (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG/800px-BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG.jpg)

FrAnKs
Jun 24, 2014, 7:06 PM
I've noticed something from FrAnks' pictures: Quebec's Banque Nationale tower is almost a direct clone of Halifax's Bank of Montreal tower... any idea what year it was built? Halifax's BMO is 18 storeys and was completed in 1971.

For sake of comparison:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG/800px-BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG
Source (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG/800px-BMO_Building_Afternoon.JPG.jpg)

Yeah I noticed that :haha:

Ours was built (completed ) in 1973 !

davidivivid
Jun 30, 2014, 9:41 PM
http://images.lpcdn.ca/924x615/201406/29/874098-tout-comme-central-park-new.jpg
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/societe/201406/29/01-4779896-plusieurs-projets-sur-la-table-pour-le-150e-du-canada-a-quebec.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B13b_la-capitale_577_section_POS3

Beedok
Jun 30, 2014, 10:11 PM
How tall is that escarpment/cliff in Quebec city? It looks a bit shorter than Hamilton's, but taller than Ottawa's.

FrAnKs
Jun 30, 2014, 10:22 PM
How tall is that escarpment/cliff in Quebec city? It looks a bit shorter than Hamilton's, but taller than Ottawa's.

Was wondering that myself too a while ago.

About the same because downtown Hamilton is 100m high and up to the Niagara escarpement you get 200m


With Québec city, the lower-town is just few meters above sea level, and the highest point of the Upper-town is 104m.

Ottawa's is half of this with ±50m

FrAnKs
Jun 30, 2014, 10:31 PM
edit

SignalHillHiker
Jun 30, 2014, 10:45 PM
Wow, Niagara is even higher than ours.

Downtown St. John's goes from sea level to 142.831m at its highest point. Most of it, however, only gets up to 82.000m. That's the top of the hill in any pictures like this:

http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/St-Johns-in-the-Summer-Sun/i-jWgq9Xq/0/M/IMG_8038_edited-M.jpg (http://www.signalhillhikerphotography.com/St-Johns-in-the-Summer-Sun/i-jWgq9Xq/A)

So, you look at the Basilica, and it looks like it's maybe two or three streets away from the harbour.

But there's actually all this between the Basilica and the sea, which gives you an idea how steep it is:

http://i57.tinypic.com/15wfdw6.jpg

FrAnKs
Jun 30, 2014, 10:50 PM
Very interesting !

Québec city's highest point is Mont Bélair : 485m ... take that :D

SignalHillHiker
Jun 30, 2014, 10:54 PM
You win there. :D I think we max out, on the Southside Hills, at under 200m.

FrAnKs
Jun 30, 2014, 11:13 PM
You win there. :D I think we max out, on the Southside Hills, at under 200m.

I've found 227m near Duck pond with this : http://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm

SignalHillHiker
Jun 30, 2014, 11:19 PM
Oh, that's the uplands. No one lives up there. St. John's has regulations that prohibit development above 190m.

Mount Pearl allows it, though, they have higher areas. but Mount Pearl's lowest elevation is the same as Signal Hill.

http://i57.tinypic.com/2ugo48x.jpg

Also, once you're over the first two hills of St. John's, it's a gradual climb to the uplands. So not as exciting. It just rises gradually over the kms.

To give you another hint, The Basilica is about as far away from the water as the O in St. John's on the above clipping.

beatlesque
Jun 30, 2014, 11:31 PM
Canadian Museum for Human Rights at sunrise:
http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=663105DSCN63412.jpg
(my shot)

someone123
Jul 1, 2014, 12:41 AM
A nice Halifax skyline shot from flickr:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/14352801959_605db7e364_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nSiRYK)
From the Dark-side (https://flic.kr/p/nSiRYK) by J_Longmire (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

vid
Jul 1, 2014, 2:36 AM
Thunder Bay only climbs 52m from the lake (183m) to the highest points near downtown (235m), the highest built-up parts are 283m. When you approach Thunder Bay from the east, the last 15 or so km of highway before the city is higher up above the lake than the city. In some places, there is a 150m incline over only 2 km, which is pretty steep for non-mountains in this region.

Mount McKay, south of the city, rises 250m over a distance of only 350m.

http://i.imgur.com/KeIYLYx.jpg
Downtown Port Arthur. The gap between the two under-construction condos on the left and the government building in the centre will be filled in with a Delta Hotel later this year.

http://i.imgur.com/lIBbsrv.jpg
Mount McKay behind downtown Fort William's oldest high rise.

Chadillaccc
Jul 1, 2014, 3:19 AM
Awesome Tbay pics vid! Why haven't you posted any updates of Vue Condos! Is the Delta UC yet? :)

MolsonExport
Jul 1, 2014, 3:39 AM
outstanding QC shots, as usual.

Pretty decent projects for TBay and Moncton.

Dr Awesomesauce
Jul 1, 2014, 11:58 AM
I loves me some Mt McKay. More TBay, please.

vid
Jul 1, 2014, 10:27 PM
Awesome Tbay pics vid! Why haven't you posted any updates of Vue Condos! Is the Delta UC yet? :)

The first photo I posted shows both condos under construction, they're both topped out.

The Delta is supposed to begin construction "soon", that's the closest thing to a date they've given us. Under the contract they have with the city, it must be constructed at the same time as the condos, and be completed and occupied by 2017. The foundation is complete, they're probably just waiting for the other condo to finish up with the crane so they can move it over.

Chadillaccc
Jul 2, 2014, 6:28 AM
The first photo I posted shows both condos under construction, they're both topped out.

The Delta is supposed to begin construction "soon", that's the closest thing to a date they've given us. Under the contract they have with the city, it must be constructed at the same time as the condos, and be completed and occupied by 2017. The foundation is complete, they're probably just waiting for the other condo to finish up with the crane so they can move it over.

Haha I know that is them. That's why I asked why no photos during the actual construction stage? I'm sure the forum would love to see some Tbay construction as often as possible :) Awesome to hear they are starting the Delta soon. I imagine it will be the most modern looking large building in all of Northern Ont when it's done. Very cool time for the Tbay waterfront. Is the first tower of Vue already occupied?

Cyro
Jul 2, 2014, 6:06 PM
Winnipegs East Exchange District. Red River in the foreground.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/ve4mm/015.jpg (http://s196.photobucket.com/user/ve4mm/media/015.jpg.html)

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/ve4mm/009.jpg (http://s196.photobucket.com/user/ve4mm/media/009.jpg.html)

abrill
Jul 2, 2014, 6:33 PM
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2ch2t04.jpg
Rimouski, by me

High definition here: http://bit.ly/1ooVmaM

itom 987
Jul 2, 2014, 6:57 PM
That is the nicest picture of Rimouski I have ever seen! Well done sir!

DLLB
Jul 2, 2014, 9:05 PM
I really like what they have done with the new condos along the Red in the ole Peg.

Symz
Jul 2, 2014, 9:23 PM
See below

Symz
Jul 2, 2014, 9:52 PM
Windsor

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/14551175701_d562bdbc3c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oaQzzF)#29 (https://flic.kr/p/oaQzzF) by BKBKJBB (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

GlassCity
Jul 2, 2014, 10:00 PM
Great Windsor picture! First one I've ever saved.

vid
Jul 3, 2014, 12:55 AM
Haha I know that is them. That's why I asked why no photos during the actual construction stage? I'm sure the forum would love to see some Tbay construction as often as possible :) Awesome to hear they are starting the Delta soon. I imagine it will be the most modern looking large building in all of Northern Ont when it's done. Very cool time for the Tbay waterfront. Is the first tower of Vue already occupied?

They're not finished yet, they haven't even got a facade on either tower.

I didn't get many photos of the construction, I haven't had much time for photography over the past year or so.

thomax
Jul 3, 2014, 3:05 AM
Hamilton yesterday...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Brd755MIMAAwsdn.jpg:large
Source (https://twitter.com/RebuildHamilton/status/483991721697873920/photo/1)

Beedok
Jul 3, 2014, 3:07 AM
They're not finished yet, they haven't even got a facade on either tower.

I didn't get many photos of the construction, I haven't had much time for photography over the past year or so.

Have you ever taken a picture of the view from Algoma and Red River? There's a pretty impressive industrial view looking south(ish) from there, but I know my cheap little camera would fail miserably at catching something so far away.

Nathan
Jul 3, 2014, 6:03 AM
What you get for only having a camera phone with you... maybe some better pics will appear soon, but a "Cinema Under the Stars" event in the middle of downtown tonight. They say well over 2,000 in attendance:

http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz296/Saskie21/IMG_1824_filtered_zps9730bc7f.jpg

They've run it for the last couple years; definitely a neat little thing to put on nestled in with the towers around.

Chadillaccc
Jul 3, 2014, 1:19 PM
That is really cool. Regina's Victoria Park is an awesome amenity to have right smack dab in the middle of the Central Business District.

harls
Jul 3, 2014, 1:57 PM
Good memories of Regina. Love that town.

Chadillaccc
Jul 3, 2014, 2:08 PM
I am sure this one has been posted before, but it is such a different view of Regina than the ones we are really used to. It cuts of half the core and still looks awesome.

http://ibackpackcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/travel-regina-sk1.jpg

Chorduroy
Jul 3, 2014, 2:30 PM
What you get for only having a camera phone with you... maybe some better pics will appear soon, but a "Cinema Under the Stars" event in the middle of downtown tonight. They say well over 2,000 in attendance:

http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz296/Saskie21/IMG_1824_filtered_zps9730bc7f.jpg

They've run it for the last couple years; definitely a neat little thing to put on nestled in with the towers around.

If you had a very effective magnifying glass, you might see me in this photo!

:notacrook:

Fun times last night in Vic Park!

OTSkyline
Jul 3, 2014, 5:23 PM
^ Wow nice picture! We don't see many Regina pictures..

That building is beautiful and love the effect of the "great lawn" leading up to it.. Would be nice to see Regina at like 1 million and it's effect on the skyline/downtown..

Dylan Leblanc
Jul 3, 2014, 7:26 PM
Victoria this week by Lunar Maria Photography (https://www.facebook.com/LunarMariaJewellery/photos/a.127432904006436.32553.126734750742918/673932689356452/)

https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10514667_659791667433125_5130410056132974949_n.jpg

vid
Jul 4, 2014, 2:27 AM
Have you ever taken a picture of the view from Algoma and Red River? There's a pretty impressive industrial view looking south(ish) from there, but I know my cheap little camera would fail miserably at catching something so far away.

I haven't gone by there lately, but I know what you're talking about. There is a good view of Fort William and the grain elevators down all of downtown Port Arthur's major streets. The view toward downtown from North Cumberland is also pretty good, and I've never seen a good photo of that angle.

ssiguy
Jul 4, 2014, 5:24 AM
Any recent London pics?

MolsonExport
Jul 4, 2014, 1:20 PM
Victoria this week by Lunar Maria Photography (https://www.facebook.com/LunarMariaJewellery/photos/a.127432904006436.32553.126734750742918/673932689356452/)

https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10514667_659791667433125_5130410056132974949_n.jpg

With the water plane coming in for a smooth landing on top of Mount Baker. :D

MolsonExport
Jul 4, 2014, 1:22 PM
Saskatchewan has one of the nicest legislatures in the country. Along with Quebec (Assemblée nationale).

Chadillaccc
Jul 4, 2014, 1:37 PM
I believe it's one of the largest legislatures too. Evidently, the federal government had huge plans for Saskatchewan. They were the 3rd most populous province at the time of construction (1911 - 1912).

jigglysquishy
Jul 4, 2014, 3:21 PM
I believe it's one of the largest legislatures too. Evidently, the federal government had huge plans for Saskatchewan. They were the 3rd most populous province at the time of construction (1911 - 1912).

I believe the legislative building was constructed for a province of 2 million people as that's where they thought Saskatchewan would be around 1950.

SkydivePilot
Jul 4, 2014, 3:57 PM
I believe the legislative building was constructed for a province of 2 million people as that's where they thought Saskatchewan would be around 1950.

Yes!!! (Actually designed to accommodate a population of 3 million with +/- 150 MLAs.)

Sask. had the 3rd-highest population in Canada until 1944!

The Sask. Legislature is the LARGEST legislative building in the British Commonwealth; and, it is situated on the LARGEST legislative grounds in the entire British Commonwealth as well! :D

P.S. The Sask. Legislature was originally to be located in Victoria Park. (Where the movie was played --- above.)

DLLB
Jul 4, 2014, 9:00 PM
Saskatchewan has one of the nicest legislatures in the country. Along with Quebec (Assemblée nationale).

I think Saskatchewan and Manitoba have the nicest legislature buildings.

esquire
Jul 4, 2014, 9:20 PM
I think Saskatchewan and Manitoba have the nicest legislature buildings.

SK/MB/AB legislatures are all very similar to one another. I know they were built in the same era but I'm surprised that all three took the same design direction.

I recall reading that SK's leg was supposed to be expandable with east and west wings running south from the existing part, but for whatever reason it never happened...

SkydivePilot
Jul 4, 2014, 9:24 PM
SK/MB/AB legislatures are all very similar to one another. I know they were built in the same era but I'm surprised that all three took the same design direction.

I recall reading that SK's leg was supposed to be expandable with east and west wings running south from the existing part, but for whatever reason it never happened...

Uh, . . . . not enough people here. (Yet.) :)

thomax
Jul 6, 2014, 6:05 PM
East Hamilton-Stoney Creek taken by me on Friday...

Scroll --->
http://i62.tinypic.com/e6oync.jpg
Source: My Photo

You can see the CHCH Television Tower above the escarpment, just to the right of the rain storm. At 357.5 metres/1,173 feet, it was the tallest manmade structure in Canada from 1960-1965 and is currently third tallest behind the CN Tower and the Sudbury Superstack.

Beedok
Jul 6, 2014, 11:59 PM
Awesome shot of the eastern edge.

MolsonExport
Jul 7, 2014, 1:36 AM
wrong thread.

ssiguy
Jul 7, 2014, 3:37 AM
I don't like the Quebec Legislature at all.

I like SK, MB, BC, and ONT the most provincially.

Chadillaccc
Jul 7, 2014, 5:24 AM
BC, Quebec, and Manitoba's are my favorites. I also really like Alberta's, but it's also the one I've seen most extensively in person.

Doug
Jul 7, 2014, 6:22 AM
SK/MB/AB legislatures are all very similar to one another. I know they were built in the same era but I'm surprised that all three took the same design direction.

I recall reading that SK's leg was supposed to be expandable with east and west wings running south from the existing part, but for whatever reason it never happened...

The prairie legislatures seemed to be inspired by some of the US state capitols, such as those in Minnesota, Colorado and California.

My Canadian favourite is SK, followed closely by MB. The AB legislature will improve significantly when the parking lots around the Federal building become green space. Are the Annex and Terrace buildings still planned for demolition?

FrAnKs
Jul 7, 2014, 10:38 AM
I don't like the Quebec Legislature at all.

I'm pretty sure that if you go visit in person, you will change your mind ! :tup:

It's practically impossible to not being in love with that building, it's just a marvelous piece of gem.

So is the interior, as much as the exterior.


Outside :

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.809156,-71.213687,3a,75y,199.08h,111.38t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s0EnajvL-jAsAAAAGOuk0Eg!2e0!3e11
https://www.facebook.com/AssnatQc/photos/a.483996044978814.118835.189893547722400/765653420146407/?type=1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/AssnatQc/photos/pcb.775488889162860/775488779162871/?type=1&theater

Inside :

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808839,-71.213698,3a,75y,142.55h,98.89t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s-Ks6FYg3WuIAAAQW-b4v_Q!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808786,-71.213965,3a,75y,225.76h,94.41t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sA86tjiB_VegAAAQWtFMA_g!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808662,-71.213961,3a,75y,300.37h,84.18t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1syU3CDTI7pMcAAAQW-b4v9w!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.80882,-71.213909,3a,75y,39.45h,94.46t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s3S5R4YYyxcEAAAQWtFMA9g!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808947,-71.213832,3a,75y,315.97h,103.34t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sPAWSsf04N_YAAAQW-b4wBg!2e0!3e11

Dr Awesomesauce
Jul 7, 2014, 12:34 PM
Ummmm hello? The BC Legislature is the t*ts:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/the_dude1974/BC_zps2c9f94a9.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/the_dude1974/media/BC_zps2c9f94a9.jpg.html)
source (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vicfan/3803448696/)

My number two:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/the_dude1974/QC_zps302097f6.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/the_dude1974/media/QC_zps302097f6.jpg.html)
source (http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/slideshow-photo/quebec-legislature-quebec-city-canada.html?sid=10608482&fid=upload_12844215711-tpfil02aw-29544)

Queen's Park is the grossest. Not even gonna bother posting a pic of it.

Chadillaccc
Jul 7, 2014, 1:03 PM
Agreed with everything in that post, except that I do like Queens Park better than all the Atlantic and Territorial Legislatures, maybe with the exception of New Brunswick's.

SignalHillHiker
Jul 7, 2014, 1:13 PM
Queen's Park is the grossest. Not even gonna bother posting a pic of it.

Honey...

http://i61.tinypic.com/eiqxab.jpg
Google Streetview Picture

The former Parliament, the Colonial Building, is nicer - but modest. It is bigger than it looks, though, because it's longer than it is wide - and it contained all of the government's Houses.

http://i59.tinypic.com/34ganhf.jpg
Google Streeview

MolsonExport
Jul 7, 2014, 1:29 PM
There was a lively thread a few years ago discussing Canadian Provincial Legislature buildings. Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature building would be nice if it was a hospital, which is what it resembles.

Beedok
Jul 7, 2014, 1:30 PM
The Yukon wins because I'm pretty sure theirs is in a library.

vanatox
Jul 7, 2014, 1:32 PM
Queen's Park is the grossest. Not even gonna bother posting a pic of it.

Queens Park is far from being the grossest but it would be soooo much better if it was symetrical.

SignalHillHiker
Jul 7, 2014, 1:36 PM
There was a lively thread a few years ago discussing Canadian Provincial Legislature buildings. Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature building would be nice if it was a hospital, which is what it resembles.

I like to think of it as a high school.

The ongoing changes are nice, though. It's looking slightly less... dated now.

It's a tragedy that it was based on Vancouver's City Hall, which is gorgeous. Talk about a flattery fail.

They're replacing the clear glass and green panels with blue versions of both:

http://i61.tinypic.com/34hf6zr.jpg

Chadillaccc
Jul 7, 2014, 1:38 PM
They would have been better off to go the extra mile and do some sort of detailed (perhaps art deco) brick instead of replacing the spandrel with spandrel. It certainly is an improvement though.

SignalHillHiker
Jul 7, 2014, 1:42 PM
I'm pretty sure that if you go visit in person, you will change your mind ! :tup:

It's practically impossible to not being in love with that building, it's just a marvelous piece of gem.

So is the interior, as much as the exterior.


Outside :

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.809156,-71.213687,3a,75y,199.08h,111.38t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s0EnajvL-jAsAAAAGOuk0Eg!2e0!3e11
https://www.facebook.com/AssnatQc/photos/a.483996044978814.118835.189893547722400/765653420146407/?type=1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/AssnatQc/photos/pcb.775488889162860/775488779162871/?type=1&theater

Inside :

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808839,-71.213698,3a,75y,142.55h,98.89t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s-Ks6FYg3WuIAAAQW-b4v_Q!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808786,-71.213965,3a,75y,225.76h,94.41t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sA86tjiB_VegAAAQWtFMA_g!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808662,-71.213961,3a,75y,300.37h,84.18t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1syU3CDTI7pMcAAAQW-b4v9w!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.80882,-71.213909,3a,75y,39.45h,94.46t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s3S5R4YYyxcEAAAQWtFMA9g!2e0!3e11
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.808947,-71.213832,3a,75y,315.97h,103.34t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sPAWSsf04N_YAAAQW-b4wBg!2e0!3e11

Just gorgeous. The exterior nears St. Petersburg levels of ornamentation, which is risky, but it's still spectacular.

One odd thing I learned about ours just now trying to find pictures of it:

Worthy of note is the fact that the governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker. This tradition dates back to the 1850s because the heaters in the Colonial Building were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit in the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold.

esquire
Jul 7, 2014, 2:32 PM
Maybe I'm in the minority on this one, but I think the NL legislature is OK... it doesn't match the over-the-top neoclassical grandiosity of some other provincial legislatures, but that in itself is not a reason to slam it.

HomeInMyShoes
Jul 7, 2014, 3:05 PM
^It's certainly, one of a kind in Canada. The new windows look crappy to me as it lost the design aesthetic it had. Now it looks like a renovated pile of crap. Personal opinion of course.

Chadillaccc
Jul 7, 2014, 3:19 PM
http://faxplus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/victoria.jpg
http://faxplus.ca/?attachment_id=923

Chadillaccc
Jul 7, 2014, 7:34 PM
Any updated pics of the NL legislature reclad btw? It's been ongoing for ages. Why such a long timeframe for such a seemingly easy project?

Nouvellecosse
Jul 7, 2014, 9:00 PM
I kind of wish NS's was larger and grander and not so overshadowed by neighbouring buildings. I was around 14 or 15 before I even know what it looked like when I was familiar with the buildings in several other provinces.

The Dominion building would probably make a more impressive provincial legislature than the current one lol.

Making better use of the surrounding grounds would also help the current one has using it as a parking facility doesn't do it any favours. :rolleyes:

bulliver
Jul 7, 2014, 9:10 PM
The prairie legislatures seemed to be inspired by some of the US state capitols, such as those in Minnesota, Colorado and California.

My Canadian favourite is SK, followed closely by MB. The AB legislature will improve significantly when the parking lots around the Federal building become green space. Are the Annex and Terrace buildings still planned for demolition?

Terrace will be demolished, yes. Annex, actually, I heard recently was staying put. Not sure how accurate my source may be though. I hope it stays, I'm one of the few who thinks it kicks ass.

thefourthtower
Jul 7, 2014, 10:30 PM
http://javapost.ca/work/item?id=26
Wascana Park a Regina
With the 2,300 acre park , includes the Saskatchewan legislature amazing

someone123
Jul 8, 2014, 12:07 AM
I kind of wish NS's was larger and grander and not so overshadowed by neighbouring buildings. I was around 14 or 15 before I even know what it looked like when I was familiar with the buildings in several other provinces.

My perspective may not be shared by many on a skyscraper forum but I feel like there are a lot of other important characteristics of buildings like this beyond how large and imposing they are.

The NS legislature isn't just a mini version of the buildings in the West. It is a Georgian-era building constructed from 1811-1819. When you get up close to it and tour the interior you find a lot of unique details that wouldn't be the same in a newer building. It's the oldest legislature building in Canada and it houses the oldest elected assembly in the country.

To put things into perspective, construction of the legislature buildings in the Prairie provinces was halfway along the timeline between the construction of the NS legislature and the present day.

The only big downside for NS, I think, is that there is surface parking on some of the space around Province House, and outside of the gates there are just normal sidewalks and streets (even though there are some other great buildings nearby, like the Bank of NS).

vid
Jul 8, 2014, 12:36 AM
The Yukon wins because I'm pretty sure theirs is in a library.

It has a library, but it's not located in one. It looks more like an urban mall or university building from the 1970s:

http://www.orgsites.com/sc/dominion-of-canada/YTleg.jpg (http://www.orgsites.com/sc/dominion-of-canada/_pgg4.php3)

Out of the 14 legislative buildings in use in Canada, it is by far the ugliest. Even when compared to other brutalist buildings, it's really not that great to look at, and even less inspiring.

Queens Park is far from being the grossest but it would be soooo much better if it was symetrical.

The asymmetry is actually a feature of the Romanesque Revival style the legislature is built in. Like a Victorian house, the lack of symmetry was considered to be part of its beauty. The Annex Neighbourhood north of the Legislature features hundreds of large houses that mix Victorian and Romanesque styles, a combination unique to Toronto and rarely seen outside of its sphere of influence. I can think of only two examples in Thunder Bay, both built by and for Torontonians who moved here over 100 years ago.

As for which legislature is the best, Manitoba's is literally the worlds most perfect building. I can't think of anything created by Freemasons on this entire continent (other than the United States ;)) that is more impressive than Manitoba's legislature.

SignalHillHiker
Jul 8, 2014, 12:36 AM
I actually like the effect of having Nova Scotia's just in the middle of the city as it is.

Most of them, ours especially, are set off in the middle of nowhere and it's just... not the same.

It's like those few European churches that are actually attached to adjacent, normal buildings on both sides, so all you can see is the front and steeple. There's something really striking and cool about that.

Chadillaccc
Jul 8, 2014, 4:04 AM
I can't think of that many that are really set off away from the city.

Alberta's - right in downtown Edmonton
British Columbia's - right in downtown Victoria
Saskatchewan's - adjacent to downtown Regina across Wascana Lake
Manitoba's - right in downtown Winnipeg
Ontario's - in western downtown Toronto
Quebec's parliament is very close to downtown Quebec City
New Brunswick's - right in downtown Fredericton
etc...


Which ones are you referring to that are set off in the middle of nowhere? I understand that Province House in Halifax is literally smack-dab in the middle of the core, but most other province's legislatures are still well-inside their respective downtown cores.

ssiguy
Jul 8, 2014, 5:48 AM
I really like the BC Legislature but I don't like what they do at night. They have lights all around it like that London Dept store {Harrod's?} and I think it kind of looks tacky.

I don't know why people are down on Ontario's. It has a lot of character, a unique brickwork and colour, and is encircled by Canada's premier boulevard.

Hali87
Jul 8, 2014, 6:12 AM
The only big downside for NS, I think, is that there is surface parking on some of the space around Province House, and outside of the gates there are just normal sidewalks and streets (even though there are some other great buildings nearby, like the Bank of NS).

There are also things like the bricked-out windows and empty spaces that were clearly intended to hold statues which make it feel a lot shabbier and less complete than most other legislatures in the country.

If the province

- de-bricked the windows
- threw some statues in the alcoves
- got rid of the on-site parking
- fixed up surrounding buildings like the Joeseph Howe building

then I think Province House would approach the same level of dignity seen in other legislatures.

Hali87
Jul 8, 2014, 6:16 AM
I can't think of that many that are really set off away from the city.

Alberta's - right in downtown Edmonton
British Columbia's - right in downtown Victoria
Saskatchewan's - adjacent to downtown Regina across Wascana Lake
Manitoba's - right in downtown Winnipeg
Ontario's - in western downtown Toronto
Quebec's parliament is very close to downtown Quebec City
New Brunswick's - right in downtown Fredericton
etc...



Most of them are downtown/"in the city", but most are also "set apart" from their surroundings by huge parks or landscaped grounds. Nova Scotia's is actually very easy to walk/drive past without noticing that it's anything special, due to the lack of "lawn" that most legislatures seem to have.

Chadillaccc
Jul 8, 2014, 1:00 PM
Ohhh okay. I see, then I totally agree. I believe that Prince Edward Island's legislature is also sort of like that. It's just off the main street, but it doesn't really have a "great lawn", just sort of a port cochiere/driveway thing.

Chadillaccc
Jul 8, 2014, 1:52 PM
Kelowna

http://westharbourkelowna.com/wp-content/uploads/09.png
http://westharbourkelowna.com/
http://www.kelownarealestatepros.com/images/listings/7576/625x469/Water-view3.jpg
http://www.kelownarealestatepros.com/kelowna-real-estate-listing/7576/252-1288-water-street-kelowna

Chadillaccc
Jul 8, 2014, 5:21 PM
My 5 favorite legislatures in order... all photos from Wikipedia:


1. British Columbia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/British_Columbia_Parliament_Buildings_-_Pano_-_HDR.jpg/800px-British_Columbia_Parliament_Buildings_-_Pano_-_HDR.jpg


2. Quebec

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Qu%C3%A9bec_-_H%C3%B4tel_du_Parlement_3.jpg/800px-Qu%C3%A9bec_-_H%C3%B4tel_du_Parlement_3.jpg


3. Alberta

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Legislature-Building-Edmonton-Alberta-Canada-02AA.jpg/800px-Legislature-Building-Edmonton-Alberta-Canada-02AA.jpg


4. Manitoba

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Parliamentwinnipeg_manitoba.jpg/800px-Parliamentwinnipeg_manitoba.jpg


5. Saskatchewan

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sask_Legislative_Bldg.jpg/789px-Sask_Legislative_Bldg.jpg

SkydivePilot
Jul 8, 2014, 5:27 PM
I can't think of that many that are really set off away from the city.

Alberta's - right in downtown Edmonton
British Columbia's - right in downtown Victoria
Saskatchewan's - adjacent to downtown Regina across Wascana Lake
Manitoba's - right in downtown Winnipeg
Ontario's - in western downtown Toronto
Quebec's parliament is very close to downtown Quebec City
New Brunswick's - right in downtown Fredericton
etc...


Which ones are you referring to that are set off in the middle of nowhere? I understand that Province House in Halifax is literally smack-dab in the middle of the core, but most other province's legislatures are still well-inside their respective downtown cores.

When these legislature buildings were built, the cities in which they were located were quite small compared to nowadays. When SK's leg opened up in 1912, it was considered as "far away" from the city. Lol! (At that time.)

The same may be said about other legislatures for that time period as well. :)

Hali87
Jul 8, 2014, 8:09 PM
The other five:

Ontario

http://www.cksn.ca/files/2012/03/Queens-Park.jpg
Source (http://www.cksn.ca/files/2012/03/Queens-Park.jpg)


New Brunswick

http://mynewbrunswick.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/legis2014a.jpg
Source (http://mynewbrunswick.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/legis2014a.jpg)


Nova Scotia

http://www.theclassicslibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/v4.jpg
Source (http://www.theclassicslibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/v4.jpg)


PEI

http://pei2014.ca/admin/Editor/assets/provhouse.jpg
Source (http://pei2014.ca/admin/Editor/assets/provhouse.jpg)


NL

http://liberaloppositionnl.com/wp-content/themes/liberal-office-of-the-official-opposition/lib/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fliberaloppositionnl.com%2F%2F%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2FOffice-of-the-Opposition-74.jpg&w=473&h=391&zc=1
Source (http://liberaloppositionnl.com/wp-content/themes/liberal-office-of-the-official-opposition/lib/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fliberaloppositionnl.com%2F%2F%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2FOffice-of-the-Opposition-74.jpg&w=473&h=391&zc=1)

LeftCoaster
Jul 8, 2014, 8:18 PM
Ontario's was such a wasted opportunity. Such an incredible architectural style, robbed of it's potential by sloppy design.

It seems there really is a gulf in quality between the top 5 and the rest, no offence intended.

Hali87
Jul 8, 2014, 8:21 PM
...The other three:

Yukon

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Yukon_Legislature_main_entrance.jpg/1024px-Yukon_Legislature_main_entrance.jpg
Source (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Yukon_Legislature_main_entrance.jpg/1024px-Yukon_Legislature_main_entrance.jpg)

NWT

http://ptayk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01-legislative-assembly.jpg
Source (http://ptayk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01-legislative-assembly.jpg)


Nunavut

http://i.cbc.ca/1.1990109.1381477890!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mi-nunavut-legislature-cp6504260.jpg
Source (http://i.cbc.ca/1.1990109.1381477890!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mi-nunavut-legislature-cp6504260.jpg)

Beedok
Jul 8, 2014, 8:38 PM
The Prairie ones just look too American to me. :(

kool maudit
Jul 8, 2014, 8:45 PM
i never knew what new brunswick's one looked like. now, it might be my favorite in the country.

SignalHillHiker
Jul 8, 2014, 9:16 PM
I love it too. A simpler version of Quebec's, really. And the colour is gorgeous.

I think, though, that Alberta's might be my favourite. That dome is something special.

I still love the location of Nova Scotia's.

Ontario's, though, wow... nothing wrong with any of its constituent ideas... but altogether? And so out of scale in relation to each other?

Gorgeous colour, though.

Hali87
Jul 8, 2014, 9:27 PM
The only thing I really like about Ontario's is that it mirrors the architectural style of the Annex. I don't think it looks very good as a stand-alone building.

The location (and condition) of Nova Scotia's, I think, subtly says a lot about us as a city and a province.

vid
Jul 8, 2014, 10:30 PM
The lack of symmetry and really bizarre scale is one of the defining aspects of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. All those American courthouses you guys drool over are in the same style, as is Toronto's old city hall which also, by the way, is not symmetrical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardsonian_Romanesque

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Annex#Annex_style_house

This architectural style is one of Toronto's defining characteristics, and it is unique to that city within Canada. That's probably why so many people outside of Ontario don't find it aesthetically pleasing.

Lack of symmetry was part of the Victorian era aesthetic. It is why Victorian houses look like this:

http://yourhousedesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vicktoro.jpg
http://yourhousedesigns.com/?cat=5

And not like this:

http://i.imgur.com/RcoVJus.png

SignalHillHiker
Jul 8, 2014, 10:33 PM
It's so... heavy-handed. Some of the American examples are quite nice, though! They don't seem as... I'm not sure what the word is. Rushed?

Wikipedia's picture of the Ontario Legislature makes it look nicer.

Chadillaccc
Jul 9, 2014, 12:58 PM
Atlantic Skylines - tried my best to find uncommon and recent images of each city...



Charlottetown - 70 000

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3259/2623810577_2d9fcff16c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/4ZRHtp)
Downtown Charlottetown (https://flic.kr/p/4ZRHtp) by Martin Cathrae (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr


Fredericton - 100 000

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5218/5395719486_d837a3f4d7_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/frederictontourism/5395719486/)
Kayaking on St. John River (https://www.flickr.com/photos/frederictontourism/5395719486/) by Fredericton Tourism (hhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/frederictontourism/), on Flickr


Sydney - 105 000

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4113/5049107572_515def8b94_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/8GaZLQ)
Sydney Harbour (https://flic.kr/p/8GaZLQ) by mark.seymour (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr


Saint John - 128 000

http://rehabexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Saint-John-NB-Drug-Rehab.png
http://rehabexpert.com/canada-drug-rehab-center/new-brunswick-drug-rehab/saint-john-drug-rehab/


Moncton - 145 000

http://autotransportassociation.ca/uploads/ata/moncton.png
http://autotransportassociation.ca/vehicle-transport-new-brunswick-moncton.html


St. John's - 210 000

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/13247735675_010654cb06_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/mbE7gM)
St. John's harbour winter panorama (https://flic.kr/p/mbE7gM) by tuanland (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr


Halifax - 410 000

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8540/8700079138_3c0e20d5f7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/efNbqs)
Halifax Skyline Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/efNbqs) by fazz33 (Chris) (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

SignalHillHiker
Jul 9, 2014, 1:02 PM
My crush on Saint John is getting stronger lately.

I love how you can't even tell where our main little chunk of skyline is, near the left side of the photo. :haha: God, I don't miss winter.

That Halifax pic has a cool effect. It looks almost like there's no hill and all that bulk behind the skyline is more taller buildings.

Pity about Sydney.

Chadillaccc
Jul 9, 2014, 1:05 PM
Yeah, I tried for like an hour to find good pics of both Sydney and Corner Brook. Could only find a half decent one of Sydney.